Nail-extractor



G. M. BLYDBNBURGH.

NAIL EXTRAGTOR. v l

Patented oct. 10, 41893.

(No Model.)

VDI/mm UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. BLYDENBURGH, OF RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK.

.NAlL-ExTFRAcToR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,465, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed April 7, 1893. Serial No. 469.411. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. BLYDEN- BURGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Riverhead, in the county of Suffolk and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the claws of hammers, hatchets, and otherdevices adapted for extracting nails, spikes and analogous articles, andit consists, essentially, in forming the claw of said devices with aninwardly turned portion bent back upon the main portion of the claw, andadapted to serve as a supplemental claw for the extraction of nails orequivalent articles that have first been partially withdrawn by the mainclaw, as I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

Figure l, is a perspective view showing my invention applied to ahammer. Fig. 2, is a similar View showing the invention applied to aWell known form of claw. Fig. 3,-is a longitudinal sectional view ofFig. l. Fig. 4, is a front elevation of the claw end of the Same.

In Fig. l, I have disclosed a well known form of hammer having a headportion A, and handle B. In such hammers and in similar devices the clawthereof has usually been formed on a continuous curve extending from theeye of the hammer outward, but in the present ease I have formed asupplemental claw at the outer end of the main 'claw D by bending theouter end of said main claw backward upon itself so that it stands at anacute angle with the main claw as shown in Fig. 3. The V-shaped slot oropening F. formed in the main claw for the reception of the head of thenail or other article, usually increases in width from its inner to itsouter end, but in the present case the jaws formed by this slot andforming the supplemental claw are brought together at their inner endsthereby closing or partially closing said slot and forming practically asecond V-shaped slot a and independent jaws b for the supplemental clawF, the slotted entrance of both claws at their junction being widest atthe outer end so as to readily receive the head of the nail. From thisdescription it will be'seen that to extract a nail, the head of the sameis engaged by the slot in the main claw and partially started orwithdrawn for a portion of its length,when the main claw is releasedfrom its engagement with said nail, and the latter is then engaged bythe supplemental claw and its complete withdrawal effected by thelatter. The supplemental claw being set at acute an angle to said mainclaw, it is manifest that a long nail may be withdrawn from a piece oftimber or other place without curving or bending the nail.

Thesame idea of main and supplemental' claws may be applied to the formof device shown in Fig. 2,and to any other nail-drawing device adaptedfor extracting nails, without departing from the spirit of my invention.I therefore do not limit myself to any particular form of tool, as theinvention may be applied to any form of device using a main claw forengaging nails and like devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for extracting nails and analogous articles, the clawthereof having a V- shaped slot and having its outer jaws bent backwardto stand at an acute angle with relation to the main portion of theclaw, said jaws having their extremities or free ends brought togetherto close the outer end ofthe main slot and form a supplemental claw andslot adapted to grasp and withdraw the article Afirst partiallywithdrawn by the main claw.

In testimony whereof Iaftix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

WM. R. DUVALL, JOHN H. PERKINS.

